Care farm project to help revive lost hope

“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul”

Recovery means different things to different people. The dictionary explains it as “to find or obtain the return of something lost”. Hope is an essential component in this process of recovery.

The concept of Care or Community Farms offers hope and more. It is estimated that some 2,000 Care Farms have sprung up during the past decade offering therapy, education and the chance to learn new skills. There is something deeply intuitive about caring for people via nurturing the land and the animals who inhabit it.

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